I'm getting stoked. SXSW in a little over 2 weeks.
A festival that has been on my must do list for years, and now that I've got some friends living down in Austin - there's no excuse not to go.
REM and Billy Bragg are my top draws at the moment - but have a look at the lineup. If you see someone I really need to check out - let me know.
http://2008.sxsw.com/music/showcases/alpha/0.html
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
VD + 1
Now that Valentine's day is behind us, I'll pass on the best quote on love I've seen in a while, courtesy of my horoscope.
'Love is a mystery. And the reason why it is a mystery and should remain a mystery is that knowledge of it would give us mastery over it - would enable us to manipulate it - and love, truth, God, cannot be manipulated. Hence the Prophet exclaimed, 'My Lord, increase my bewilderment in Thee'.
'Love is a mystery. And the reason why it is a mystery and should remain a mystery is that knowledge of it would give us mastery over it - would enable us to manipulate it - and love, truth, God, cannot be manipulated. Hence the Prophet exclaimed, 'My Lord, increase my bewilderment in Thee'.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Seasons change
I've discovered a season between Winter and Spring...Winting?...no, Spinter?...no. Let's just call it Slush. The temperature starts fluctuating between -5 and a little over 0, combined with some fresh snow from last week nad here we are. There are mountains of it at the moment.
Forget about trying to keep your car clean. Hell - forget about trying to get into or out of your car without getting the cuffs of your pants slimed by it. You track it everywhere you go, leaving little puddles that blind detectives could use to follow your movements. The mat at the entrance of every building you enter is a sodden mess that you squelch through as you go in.
Pretty much the only good thing about Slush is that at least it means that Spring is vaguely close. Close enough to glance sideways at (you don't want to look right at it or it will get scared and dissappear for another month).
Forget about trying to keep your car clean. Hell - forget about trying to get into or out of your car without getting the cuffs of your pants slimed by it. You track it everywhere you go, leaving little puddles that blind detectives could use to follow your movements. The mat at the entrance of every building you enter is a sodden mess that you squelch through as you go in.
Pretty much the only good thing about Slush is that at least it means that Spring is vaguely close. Close enough to glance sideways at (you don't want to look right at it or it will get scared and dissappear for another month).
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Ahh Sweden...
I think I have a Swedish problem...
I guess the first step is admitting it, right? And really...who doesn't have a little bit of a crush on the Swedes? It might be the blonde hair. It could be the accent. Maybe it's the fact that I've never met an out of shape Swede. Whatever it is - there's something about them that makes me long to meet a girl named Inga.
I'm not sure what's got me thinking about them lately - maybe it's because we're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the Swedish exchange student incident of '98. That's a long time to go without meeting a nice swedish girl for a guy with a swedish girl fetish.
Have I mentioned that the Swedish consulate happens to be across the parking lot from my new place? Probably entirely a coincidence. And I'm sure they don't mind that I spend some afternoons staring longingly at their door.
But just in case they do, maybe it's better if we keep that bit quiet.
I guess the first step is admitting it, right? And really...who doesn't have a little bit of a crush on the Swedes? It might be the blonde hair. It could be the accent. Maybe it's the fact that I've never met an out of shape Swede. Whatever it is - there's something about them that makes me long to meet a girl named Inga.
I'm not sure what's got me thinking about them lately - maybe it's because we're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the Swedish exchange student incident of '98. That's a long time to go without meeting a nice swedish girl for a guy with a swedish girl fetish.
Have I mentioned that the Swedish consulate happens to be across the parking lot from my new place? Probably entirely a coincidence. And I'm sure they don't mind that I spend some afternoons staring longingly at their door.
But just in case they do, maybe it's better if we keep that bit quiet.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Good old France...
Does anyone know if the French still have a 35 hour work week?
If you ask me, it's a fantastic idea - maybe a little hard for a company to schedule around, but personally, I love the idea of only working 4 days a week. I'd work an extra couple hours a day to get that extra day off.
The question is...if you only had to work 4 days a week - which day of the week would you not want to work?
I'm thinking Friday or Monday are the obvious choices. But which? If you weren't at work on Friday's you'd miss out on all that coworker bonding that happens at the end of the week - the post-work beer. But having Monday off almost seems kind of anti-climatic. What really goes on on Mondays other than laundry? Maybe a good Wednesday off. Two 2-day weeks.
My plan for world domination will have to wait until I figure this one out.
If you ask me, it's a fantastic idea - maybe a little hard for a company to schedule around, but personally, I love the idea of only working 4 days a week. I'd work an extra couple hours a day to get that extra day off.
The question is...if you only had to work 4 days a week - which day of the week would you not want to work?
I'm thinking Friday or Monday are the obvious choices. But which? If you weren't at work on Friday's you'd miss out on all that coworker bonding that happens at the end of the week - the post-work beer. But having Monday off almost seems kind of anti-climatic. What really goes on on Mondays other than laundry? Maybe a good Wednesday off. Two 2-day weeks.
My plan for world domination will have to wait until I figure this one out.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Januaries
January has to be the worst month of the year. The funness of christmas is over. New Year's is done. When you finally detox yourself from the excesses of the holiday season you realize that it's still dark and freezing outside and winter is dragging on with no end in sight.
Stupid January - I'll be glad to see you die.
With that in mind - according to my horoscope, February is 'Clean Out Your Brain Month'. So if I see you before Friday, please excuse my excessive cursing. I blame January for pissing me off - plus now I have to get it out of my system.
Fucking January!
Stupid January - I'll be glad to see you die.
With that in mind - according to my horoscope, February is 'Clean Out Your Brain Month'. So if I see you before Friday, please excuse my excessive cursing. I blame January for pissing me off - plus now I have to get it out of my system.
Fucking January!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Project Quotes
Even during the darkest days of my last project, we could always depend on one thing...flippantness would get us through the day.
Here's some random quotes from the project that was...Mass Effect.
Names have been slightly abbrviated to vaguely protect the not-so-innocent
"I'm thirty-six. For me 'angry white music' is Duran Duran." - P
"BioWare has the fattest pipe in Edmonton." - JA, discussing bandwidth... we hope...
MT: "Wait, they’re doing something cultural..."
J: "...I better throw a grenade."
"We travel through space with PESSIMISM!" - JA, on the Alcubierre Drive's negative energy
"I just want to point out that all our mammals have six legs, and all our insects have four." - C
P: "Two words: Pla-gar-ism!"
CL: "That's three words."
"Man, if I had tenure here, I wouldn't be wearing pants." - D
"You suck at teh internet." - L
P: "I just got dinged by Kevin for a four-day, thirty-six-hour training session."
D: "Why don't they teach you how to avoid meetings so you can get actual work done?"
"You can never truly appreciate how smoothly a Saturn rides until you've ridden in the trunk." - JH
P: "Geopolitics wants us to change the name of the ship from 'Normandy.'"
G: "Why? Are they afraid Germans will be offended by the loss of France?"
P: "Everyone ready to hear the memory budget?"
L: "Did you bring lube?"
D: "My memory of Paris was the time I tried to go to a public bathroom, and I guess they locked them at night, because someone took a s--t right in front of the door. I was like, 'Ah... Paris.'"
L: "City of Lights."
JA: "You know what the world needs more of? Action Science!"
JH: "What's that?"
JA: "I don't know, but the world needs more of it."
This was shortly followed by an e-mail from J stating the following:"Boo. Real action science sucks, and has little or nothing to do with scientists being awesome."
"We've got the X-Box 360! We can do anything! It goes ALL THE WAY AROUND!" - L
"Remember, we make fun, we don't HAVE fun." - P
D: "Whoa! I can see a journal entry in the game!"
P: "Quick, get a screenshot before it crashes!"
"Light a fire for a man; keep him warm for a day. Light that man on fire; keep him warm for the rest of his life." - P
"I can't believe we had Pantless O'Clock and I missed it. But I'm kinda glad I did..." - M
"We don't have a work flow. We have a work WALL. Every day you pick it up and move it an inch forward, and every so often it falls over on you and you have to rebuild it." - KH
Here's some random quotes from the project that was...Mass Effect.
Names have been slightly abbrviated to vaguely protect the not-so-innocent
"I'm thirty-six. For me 'angry white music' is Duran Duran." - P
"BioWare has the fattest pipe in Edmonton." - JA, discussing bandwidth... we hope...
MT: "Wait, they’re doing something cultural..."
J: "...I better throw a grenade."
"We travel through space with PESSIMISM!" - JA, on the Alcubierre Drive's negative energy
"I just want to point out that all our mammals have six legs, and all our insects have four." - C
P: "Two words: Pla-gar-ism!"
CL: "That's three words."
"Man, if I had tenure here, I wouldn't be wearing pants." - D
"You suck at teh internet." - L
P: "I just got dinged by Kevin for a four-day, thirty-six-hour training session."
D: "Why don't they teach you how to avoid meetings so you can get actual work done?"
"You can never truly appreciate how smoothly a Saturn rides until you've ridden in the trunk." - JH
P: "Geopolitics wants us to change the name of the ship from 'Normandy.'"
G: "Why? Are they afraid Germans will be offended by the loss of France?"
P: "Everyone ready to hear the memory budget?"
L: "Did you bring lube?"
D: "My memory of Paris was the time I tried to go to a public bathroom, and I guess they locked them at night, because someone took a s--t right in front of the door. I was like, 'Ah... Paris.'"
L: "City of Lights."
JA: "You know what the world needs more of? Action Science!"
JH: "What's that?"
JA: "I don't know, but the world needs more of it."
This was shortly followed by an e-mail from J stating the following:"Boo. Real action science sucks, and has little or nothing to do with scientists being awesome."
"We've got the X-Box 360! We can do anything! It goes ALL THE WAY AROUND!" - L
"Remember, we make fun, we don't HAVE fun." - P
D: "Whoa! I can see a journal entry in the game!"
P: "Quick, get a screenshot before it crashes!"
"Light a fire for a man; keep him warm for a day. Light that man on fire; keep him warm for the rest of his life." - P
"I can't believe we had Pantless O'Clock and I missed it. But I'm kinda glad I did..." - M
"We don't have a work flow. We have a work WALL. Every day you pick it up and move it an inch forward, and every so often it falls over on you and you have to rebuild it." - KH
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